4 John Steinbeck Quotes on Work

John Steinbeck quotes on work

12. Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

13. George:Lord knows you don't need no brains to buck barley. ('Buck' here means to work at lifting and throwing the sacks of barley.)

24. Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. Ch. 14

34. Such is the prestige of the Nobel award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practiced it through the ages.